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Alfred Galichon

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Alfred Galichon
Alfred Galichon
Born (1977-05-04) May 4, 1977 (age 47)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Alma mater
AwardsEdmond Malinvaud Prize of the French Association of Economic Sciences (2015)[1]
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
Doctoral advisorGuido Imbens[3]
Websitealfredgalichon.com

Alfred Galichon (French pronunciation: [alfʁɛd ɡaliʃɔ̃]; born May 4, 1977) is a French economist and mathematician.[4] His work focuses on quantitative economics and econometrics.[5] He is a professor of economics and of mathematics at New York University.[4][5]

Life and work

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Galichon was born in Paris. He is a professor at New York University in the Courant Institute, and the director of NYU Paris.[4][5][6] Previously, he had been a full professor at Ecole Polytechnique, and then at Sciences Po, Paris. He is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Corps des Mines, and holds a PhD in Economics from Harvard University.[7]

His work lies within quantitative economics, in particular on the economic applications of optimal transport. He has contributed to the econometrics of matching markets, discrete choice models, martingale optimal transport, and quantile regression.[5][8]

He is a fellow of the Econometric Society[9] and the author of Optimal Transport Methods in Economics.[10]

Research

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Galichon is the author of more than forty peer-reviewed articles.[11] His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation (2017-2020) and twice by the European Research Council, for a total amount of approximately 3 million Euros.[12][13][14]

Awards and distinctions

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Selected publications

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Books

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  • Galichon, Alfred (September 6, 2016). Optimal Transport Methods in Economics. Princeton, NJ, USA: Princeton University Press. p. 184. ISBN 9780691172767.
  • Véron, Nicolas; Autret, Matthieu; Galichon, Alfred (2006). Smoke & Mirrors, Inc: Accounting for Capitalism. Ithaca, NY, USA: Cornell University Press. p. 233. ISBN 0801444160.

Articles

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Le prix Edmond Malinvaud". Association Française de Science Economique. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  2. ^ IZA Institute of Labor Economics. "Alfred Galichon". Fellows. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  3. ^ "Alfred Galichon". Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d New York University. "Alfred Galichon". Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d New York University. "Alfred Galichon". College of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  6. ^ New York University. "Staff". NYU Paris. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  7. ^ Who's Who in France. "Alfred Galichon". Who's Who in France. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Alfred Galichon". French American Foundation. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Fellows of the Econometric Society". Econometric Society. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  10. ^ Galichon, Alfred (September 6, 2016). Optimal Transport Methods in Economics. Princeton, NJ, USA: Princeton University Press. p. 184. ISBN 9780691172767. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  11. ^ "Alfred Galichon". Google Scholar. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  12. ^ "Optimal and Equilibrium Transport: Theory and Applications to Economics and Data Science". National Science Foundation. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  13. ^ a b European Commission. "Equilibrium methods for Resource Allocations and Dynamic Pricing". CORDIS - EU Research Results. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  14. ^ a b European Commission. "Economics of Matching Markets: Theoretical and Empirical Investigations". CORDIS - EU Research Results. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  15. ^ "Economic Theory Fellows". Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
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